Galatians 5:13
And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
12But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.
14For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Cross References
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; and therefore he hath anointed me to proclaim tidings to the poor; and hath sent me to heal the contrite in heart, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; and to send away the contrite with forgiveness of their sins;
John 13:14If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another?
Romans 6:18And when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.
1 Corinthians 8:9See to it, however, lest this your authority become a stumbling-block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated;
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →